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George Remus: The Real Great Gatsby

George Remus: The Real Great Gatsby

The Outfit · Headgum

August 28, 20251h 1mExplicit

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Show Notes

On today’s episode of The Outfit, Dan and Alana head to Prohibition-era Cincinnati, where a former lawyer-turned-bootlegger becomes a mark for an ambitious conwoman. Plus, Dan and Alana reminisce on sophomore year English class.


Sources:

King of the Bootleggers: A Biography of George Remus by William A. Cook

The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America by Karen Abbott

The Bourbon King: The Life and Crimes of George Remus, Prohibition's Evil Genius by Bob Batchelor

Prohibition by Jeff Hill

The newspaper archives of the Chicago TribuneThe Cincinnati Enquirer, the Chicago Daily News, the Cincinnati Post, the Kentucky Post, the Pittsburgh PressThe Dayton HeraldDetroit Free Press, the New York Daily NewsThe Cleveland Press, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.


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